Presence and distribution of serotonin immunoreactivity in the cyprids of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite

L Gallus; P Ramoino; M Faimali; V Piazza; G Maura; M Marcoli

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M Faimali

V Piazza

G Maura

M Marcoli

In this work, the presence and distribution of serotonin in the cyprid of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite were investigated by immunohistochemical methods. Serotonin-like immunoreactive neuronal cell bodies were detected in the central nervous system only. Various clusters of immunoreactive neuronal cell bodies are distributed in the brain (protocerebrum, deutocerebrum, optical lobes), and at least, four pairs of neuronal cell bodies were detected in the centrally positioned neuropil of the posterior ganglion. Rich plexuses of immunoreactive nerve fibers in the neuropil area were also observed. Furthermore, bundles of strongly immunoreactive nerve fibers surrounding the gut wall were localized, and immunoreactive nerve terminals in the antennules and compound eyes were observed. These data demonstrate the presence of a serotonin-like immunoreactive substance in the barnacle cyprids; furthermore, its immunolocalization in the cephalic nerve terminals allows us to postulate the involvement of this bioactive molecule in substrate recognition during the settlement process.

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Gallus, L., Ramoino, P., Faimali, M., Piazza, V., Maura, G., & Marcoli, M. (2009). Presence and distribution of serotonin immunoreactivity in the cyprids of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite. European Journal of Histochemistry, 49(4), 341–348. https://doi.org/10.4081/961

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